Martinson a role model for women

11:50 AM,
Jun. 14, 2014

Uslander

Written by

Sandy Flores Uslander
For Pacific Sunday News

One of my favorite things to do is to highlight the achievements of Chamorros around the world. Since I work with our Chamorro youths, I see how these stories help our young people realize that there are no limits to how far they can go in whatever career they choose.

My friend, Terri Guevara Smith, understands this, and so she told me about someone she calls "one of our own Chamorrita war fighters," Army Col. Christine Unpingco Martinson. If the name sounds familiar, it's because the colonel's father, the late Tony Unpingco, was a senator and speaker of the Legislature. Her mother is Emily Borja ...